{"id":52175,"date":"2026-03-09T21:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52175"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:46:21","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwillard-katsande-breaks-silence-after-being-appointed-head-coach-at-zimbabwean-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwillard-katsande-breaks-silence-after-being-appointed-head-coach-at-zimbabwean-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Willard Katsande breaks silence after being appointed head coach at Zimbabwean club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-140203\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"389\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Willard-Katsande-breaks-silence-after-being-appointed-head-coach-at.jpg?resize=389%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/katsande.jpg?w=619&amp;ssl=1 619w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/katsande.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/katsande.jpg?resize=389%2C264&amp;ssl=1 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Willard Katsande has broken his silence after being appointed the head coach of Zimbabwean club Rangers FC.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers FC, formerly known as Chinhoyi Rangers, play in the Northern Region Division One League and are based in Chinhoyi.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Katsande said: \u201cGrateful to the opportunity being Head Coach. Glory to God, the journey starts now.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grateful to the opportunity being HEAD COACH<br \/>Glory to GOD<br \/>The journey starts now \u2764\ufe0f <br \/>\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddfc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3zDVsgL4tB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3zDVsgL4tB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Willard Katsande (@WillardKatsande) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillardKatsande\/status\/2031024426423132527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The move marks Katsande\u2019s first coaching job since acquiring his CAF coaching badge in mid-last year.<\/p>\n<p>He owns a football academy called Kitoko Soccer School. <\/p>\n<p>Katsande has also held a technical team role at South African fourth-division side Crystal Lake FC and previously served in an ambassadorial role at his former South African club, Sekhukhune United FC.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Northern Region Division One, Rangers FC, Willard Katsande<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Willard #Katsande #breaks #silence #appointed #coach #Zimbabwean #club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Willard Katsande has broken his silence after being appointed the head coach of Zimbabwean club Rangers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1455,925,343,573,9164,446,9877,494],"class_list":["post-52175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-appointed","tag-breaks","tag-club","tag-coach","tag-katsande","tag-silence","tag-willard","tag-zimbabwean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52177,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52175\/revisions\/52177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}